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David Borden (born December 25, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American composer of minimalist music. In 1969, with the support of Robert Moog, he founded the synthesizer ensemble, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company in Ithaca New York. Mother Mallard performed pieces by Robert Ashley, John Cage, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Steve Reich. In addition to his work with electronics and the Mother Mallard ensemble, Borden has written music for various chamber and vocal ensembles. He is also an accomplished jazz pianist. David Borden was educated at the Eastman School of Music and Harvard University. At Harvard he studied with Leon Kirchner and Randall Thompson, and at Eastman with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. He was also a Fulbright student in Berlin Germany, where he studied at the Hochschule für Musik (). Borden's compositions are similar to the repetitive minimalist style of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley. Borden is also very interested in counterpoint, best demonstrated in his large scale series of works ''The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Parts 1-12''. David Borden was commissioned to write the score to the 1973 film ''The Exorcist'' by director William Friedkin. However, less than a minute of Borden's music was actually used in the film (Mike Oldfield's ''Tubular Bells'' was prominently featured on the soundtrack instead.) Borden participated in the many activities surrounding the 30th anniversary of the founding of Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company in 1999, including several live performances and CD reissues on the Cuneiform record label. His ''The Continuing Story of Counterpoint'' (a twelve-part cycle of pieces for synthesizers, acoustic instruments and voice) has been called the "Goldberg Variations of minimalism.'" John DiLiberto Four books have cited and discussed his work. In keeping with his interdisciplinary approach to his life and work, two books deal with American music history, one with music technology and one with the paintings of George Deem: *''America's Music in the Twentieth Century'' by Kyle Gann (Schirmer Books, New York, 1997) *''America's Musical Life: A History by Richard'' Crawford (W. W, Norton & Company, New York, London, 2001) *''Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer'' by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England, 2002) *''How to Paint a Vermeer'' by George Deem (Thames & Hudson, N.Y., 2004) Borden's music is recorded by the Cuneiform, New World Records, Lameduck and Arbiter labels. His first composition teachers were jazz musicians Jimmy Giuffre and Jaki Byard. He collaborates and performs with his son, Gabriel Borden and stepson, Sam Godin. Borden resides in Ithaca, NY with his wife, Rebecca Godin. He is the retired founder and Director of the Digital Music Program (now the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center) at Cornell University. ==Selected works== *1959 ''Dialogues'' for trombone and trumpet *1967 ''All-American, Teenage, Lovesongs'' for wind ensemble and tape, commissioned by Ithaca High School *1970 ''Cloudscape for Peggy'' *1970 ''Easter'' for Mother Mallard ensemble *1972 (?) ''C-A-G-E, Part I'' for Mother Mallard ensemble *1974 ''C-A-G-E, Part II'' for Mother Mallard ensemble *1975 ''C-A-G-E, Part III'' for Mother Mallard ensemble *1976-1987 ''The Continuing Story of Counterpoint, Parts 1-12'' for Mother Mallard ensemble * * 1976 ''Part 1'' * * 1976 ''Part 3'' * * 1977 ''Part 5'' * * 1978 ''Part 6'' * * 1978 ''Part 7'' * * 1979 ''Part 8'', ''Part 8A'', ''Part 8B'', ''Part 8C'' * * 1980 ''Part 9'' * * 1982 ''Part 2'' * * 1983 ''Part 4'' * * 1986 ''Part 11'' * * 1987 ''Part 10'' * * 1987 ''Part 12A'', ''Part 12B'', ''Part 12C'' *1978 ''Enfield in Summer'' *1987 ''Double Portrait'' for two pianos *1989 ''Angels'' for vocal ensemble and Mother Mallard ensemble *1994 ''Notes From Vienna'' for solo electric guitar and wind ensemble (or synthesizers) *1995 ''Infinity Variations'' for two fortepianos and chamber orchestra *2002 Naked American (anagram of Diane Ackerman) *2003 ''K216.01a'' for solo electric violin and synthesizers *2005 A Tin Haiku (anagram of Kia-Hui Tan) * 2006 Smart Hubris (anagram of Ritsu Brahm) * 2007 Heaven-Kept Soul (anagram of Kathleen Supové) * 2007 Tribute to Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn * 1990-2010 Earth Journeys by David Borden numerous Birthday Variations * 2009 Viola Farber in 7 Movements * 2010 Remembering Jimmy * 2010 ESP 9461 NY 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Borden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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